Minnesota Wild Hockey Official Pondcast

A clutch win for the Wild in Game #2 as the tie the series up with the Avs. After the game we talked to two of the heroes for the Wild: Keith Carney and Mikko Koivu plus both head coaches.

Nick Schultz talks to Tom Reid between periods of Game #2.

Gary Bettman, the Commisioner of the NHL, talks to Tom Reid between periods

Eddie Olczyk is all over the air-waves these days for VS, NBC and anyone else that will put him on your TV. Today the PONDcast catches up with him to talk Wild/Avs and also the rest of the NHL.

The Wild are looking to tie the series at 1 but to do that, they'll need a win in Game #2 tonight in St. Paul. We've got a number of key players including Aaron Voros, Kim Johnsson, Erik Reitz and MORE.

The NHL Board of Governors approved the purchase of the Minnesota Wild by Craig Leipold.

This is what it sounds like in the Avs locker room as we catch up with Sakic, Brunette, Smyth and Quennville.

Here's a listen to the comments coming out of the Wild locker room on Thursday as we catch up with a number of key guys plus Jacques Lemaire

#55 Nick Schultz, one of the top Wild D-men who's out due to having his appendix removed, talks to the PONDcast about his recovery and his thoughts on Game #1

You already heard from the coaches, now we bring you the players. We talk to Backstrom, Nummelin, Koivu, Fridge and Johnsson from the Wild and Forsberg, Sauer and Theodore from the Avs following Game 1 in St. Paul.

The Wild drop Game #1 in overtime as the Avalanche prevail. We caught up with both head coaches plus bring you the hilites from Wednesday night in St. Paul.

Finally we're on the verge of Game 1 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. To help get you ready we went to both lockerrooms and caught up with both head coaches and a number of key players.

Peter Forsberg was on Denver radio this week talking about the Avs/Wild match up. Here's what it sounded like courtesy of KKFN in Denver.

Bad news on Monday night as the Wild found out they are going to be without #55 to start the playoffs. We get reaction from a number of guys including another injured D in Kurtis Foster plus we'll hear from Jacques Lemaire

The Wild are preparing for Game #1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Monday they were on the ice. After we caught up with Fridge, Simon, Gaborik, Burns and Lemaire.

Don Cherry, Doc Emerick and Pierre Macguire all talked on an NHL Conference Call on Monday morning to preview the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The 2007-08 season is done and the Wild wrapped it up on Sunday afternoon in Colorado. After the game we caught up with Keith Carney and Jacques Lemaire to wrap this one up and preview the playoffs.

Tom Reid talks to Doug Risebrough between periods of the regular season finale.

This Week in Hockey can be heard noon-1pm each Sunday on WCCO 830AM. This Sunday we talked to ESPN.com's Terry Frei, Bob Kurtz and MORE

Saturday the Wild were on the ice preparing for the regular season finale on Sunday afternoon in Colorado. To help preview the event, we catch up with Wild President and GM Doug Risebrough and head coach Jacques Lemaire.